Signatures of the Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Heller of Safed- The Gaon Rabbi Natan Ben Chaim Amram of Safed & Alexandria- ...

Signatures of the Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Heller of Safed- The Gaon Rabbi Natan Ben Chaim Amram of Safed & Alexandria- Rabbi Raphael Zilberma Rabbi of Safed. Knesses Hagedola, Salonika 1807

Sefer Knesses Hagedola, Salonika 1807.

Throughout the pages there are signatures in various forms of the Holy Gaon Rabbi Shmuel Heller of Safed.

Nice cursive signature of the Gaon Rabbi Natan Ben Chaim  Amram of Safed & Rabbi of Alexandria.

Stamp of Rabbi "Raphael Zilbermann, Rabbi of Safed and the Galilee"

Stamp of his grandson Rabbi Avraham Leib Silberman , Rabbi of the Ashkenazim of Safed.

Rare to find a Sefer that belonged to 4 famous Safed Rabbis.

A Torah genius, Rabbi Shmuel Heller born in 1803, was raised in the home of the Chozeh of Lublin, and following his counsel ascended to Eretz Israel.in 1817 He served as Dayan & later Rabbi of Safed for 60 years from 1841 onwards and was one of the greatest Chassidic leaders in the Land of Israel.

He wielded great influence in setting the public agenda. His rulings and actions reveal a clear trend that placed at its center the Land of Israel and the ancient traditions that represented for him a coveted, pre-exile world. He craved what was perceived as authentic to the Land of Israel and strove to connect with local traditions (See Otzar HaRabanim 19134).

He passed away in Safed on the 22nd of Tevet, 1884. He authored: Taharat HaKodesh, Derech Nesher, Kavod Melachim, Divrei Mishpat, Shivrei Luchot, and others

The renowned Rabbi Natan Amram (1791-1871), author of Kinyan Perot, Kinyan Guf and Noam Midot was born in Damascus to his father Rabbi Chaim Amram author of Mita'am HaMelech.

In 1805, he moved with his father to Safed and from 1826, he began to make rounds as an emissary of the Kollelim of Tiberias and Hebron, first in Alexandria, Egypt and later in the communities of Turkey and Greece. During the years he was fulfilling this mission, he printed some of his books and his father's books. Eventually, he returned to Egypt and after the death of Rabbi Israel Moshe Chazan in 1863, he was appointed Rabbi Chazan's successor as the Av Beit Din and Chief Rabbi of Alexandria.

Rabbi Raphael Zilberman [1839-1918], a Dayan and Rabbi of the Ashkenazi community in Safed for over fifty years, was born in Uman, Ukraine, and as a child in 1851, At the age of 11, he immigrated to Eretz Israel with his father. He used to be alone and study Torah in the beit midrash near the Rashb'y tomb in Meron. Known for his greatness and wisdom and was even revered by the Turkish authorities who gave him the title "Chacham Pasha".

Rabbi Avraham Leib Silberman (1889-1947), grandson of Rabbi Refael Silberman, Rabbi of the Ashkenazim of Safed. A follower of the Rebbe of Stefanesti. Appointed Dayan of Tzefas in 1909 and Chief Rabbi of the town in 1918, and was active in its expansion and spiritual development. Contributor to rabbinical journals Kol Torah and Shaarei Tzion.

Overall in Good-Fair condition. worming affecting text, water stains, leather binding.